[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23687]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Fire Protection Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 28, 2017, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Fire Protection 
Association (``NFPA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, NFPA has updated 
the regulations governing its standards development process and related 
rules, guidelines and policies, established a Patent Policy and has 
provided an updated and current list of its standards developments 
activities, related technical committee and conformity assessment 
activities. Information concerning NFPA regulations, technical 
committees, current standards, standards development, conformity 
assessment activities and Patent Policy are publicly available at 
nfpa.org.
    On September 20, 2004, NFPA filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on October 21, 2004 (69 FR 61869).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-23687 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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